Jan 13 (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab on Tuesday unveiled an initiative to curb water usage at its U.S. data centers and limit the impact on the general population from any potential ...

Tech companies are building data centers as quickly as possible to run AI. These facilities are controviersial because they use copious amounts of electricity and might tax an electrical grid that in ...

U.S. power grids are struggling to keep up with surging data center demand, forcing operators to offer “bring your own generation” or conditional grid access to hyperscalers. Big Tech is pushing back ...

Power-hungry data centers risk pushing parts of the U.S. power grid toward failure. Some technology companies are fighting a potential solution: disconnecting the data centers from the grid when ...

Boom Supersonic is putting its engine technology to work on the ground to power the AI boom, and help fund development of its full-size Overture aircraft. Jesse Orrall (he/him/his) is a Senior Video ...

Most Americans say President Trump’s use of presidential power is going too far, according to a poll released Wednesday. Quinnipiac University found that 54 percent of voters think Trump is going too ...

Power demand from US data centers is set to surge to 106 gigawatts by 2035, according to BloombergNEF, a 36% increase from the research provider’s previous outlook in April. The upward revision in ...

The explosive growth of data centers could threaten the stability of the electrical grid this winter, according to an industry overseer. Across North America, demand for electricity this winter is ...

In the world of data centers, ensuring a facility will be online 99.999 percent of the time, is everything. Access to power is the number one priority when developers are trying to figure out where to ...

“AI” needs a lot of computing resources, which is why new data centers are cropping up anywhere there’s cheap land. But powering all those hungry servers takes a lot of energy, and overburdened power ...

The huge demand for energy to power data centers will be a key focus for antitrust regulators in the future, a former top official at the U.S. Justice Department’s trustbusting division said.